“Xxxxx’s little icons at the bottom of every post are capable of harvesting IP addresses.”
For real? That would be a Very Bad Thing. Any chance you could point to a source explaining?
He says that imgflip.com memes, pics, and gifs are evil.
You know, like half the memes and pics people post here on FR.
Anytime your computer displays Bagster’s signature icons, that site records your IP address, unless you have a VPN proxy. That is the bulk gathering without usernames.
When you post something, the timestamp of your post can be used to match the IP address to your exact username handle.
That’s why so few people use them, because it’s a known dirty trick. Nick Danger was trusted with his back in the day, but Bagster isn’t, which makes it more suspicious.